Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Networking & Security • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
15 pending office actions • 9 art units • 15 examiners • 0 of 15 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 8 patents granted in the last 365 days
Mastercard Technologies Canada Ulc has 14 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are distributed among 14 distinct examiners, meaning that each pending case is being handled by a different person. The portfolio also involves 9 distinct art units, reflecting a variety of technical classifications within the broader e-commerce and mechanical sectors.
The busiest examiner, DILUZIO, NICHOLAS JOSEPH, is currently responsible for 1 pending case. This matches the broader trend in the portfolio where 14 distinct examiners are assigned to 14 pending office actions. For practitioners, this means there is no concentration of cases under a single examiner that would allow for a unified negotiation strategy. Each of the 14 actions requires an independent approach based on the specific examiner's tendencies.
The use of 9 distinct art units indicates that the company's innovations are being reviewed by several different technical groups at the USPTO. Navigating 9 different art units requires the practitioner to be familiar with a range of examination standards and internal policies within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems area. With 14 distinct examiners and 14 pending office actions, the prosecution process is highly decentralized, requiring a diverse set of arguments to address the unique concerns raised in each individual case.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
Difficulty is derived from the rejection statutes on the most recent pending office action. §101-driven and multi-statute cases are graded Hard; §112-only and obviousness-type double-patenting cases are graded Easy; everything else is Medium. "Unknown" means we have not yet parsed a statute for that office action.
| Bucket | Cases |
|---|---|
| §101 only | 3 (20%) |
| §101 + other | 4 (27%) |
| §103 only | 3 (20%) |
| §102 only | 1 (7%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (20%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (7%) |
How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.
Manual office-action response work runs about 10 hours per case. The time-saved bands below show what IP Author's prosecution pipeline typically delivers — a conservative 20% on the low end, 35% in the middle, 50% on the high end.
| Examiner | Apps on this docket | Allow rate | Interview lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| DILUZIO, NICHOLAS JOSEPH | 1 | 31.3% | +83.3% |
| LE, CANH | 1 | 73.1% | +71.8% |
| HAMILTON, SARA CHANDLER | 1 | 64.0% | +52.8% |
| SHECHTMAN, CHERYL MARIA | 1 | 71.3% | +28.3% |
| ROSEN, ELIZABETH H | 1 | 45.7% | +49.6% |
| BUNKER, WILLIAM B | 1 | 80.2% | +94.9% |
| KIRK, BRYAN J | 1 | 33.6% | +43.7% |
| WANG, HARRIS C | 1 | 69.9% | +20.1% |
| KASENGE, CHARLES R | 1 | 84.0% | +13.8% |
| SPRATT, BEAU D | 1 | 78.8% | +24.3% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18762545 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA, AND DEVICES FOR AUTHENTICATING USERS | KASENGE, CHARLES R | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18826363 | ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION OF MULTI-FACTOR AUTHENTICATION SETTINGS | ROSEN, ELIZABETH H | 36d overdue |
| 18490023 | ARTIFICIAL-INTELLIGENCE-ENABLED INFORMATION SECURITY TECHNIQUES BASED ON USER METADATA | KANG, IRENE S | 28d overdue |
| 19194872 | IDENTIFYING DEVICES ON NETWORKED COMPUTER SYSTEMS THAT ORIGINATE MALICIOUS NETWORK TRAFFIC | DILUZIO, NICHOLAS JOSEPH | — |
| 19068820 | DEVICES, METHODS, COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA, AND SYSTEMS WITH AUTHORIZED FRAUD DETECTION | HAMILTON, SARA CHANDLER | — |
| 19023069 | ENHANCING DATA PRIVACY IN PARQUET DATA FILE SYSTEMS | SHECHTMAN, CHERYL MARIA | — |
| 18815823 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISPUTE RESOLUTION WITH CONFIDENCE RATINGS | KIRK, BRYAN J | — |
| 18776626 | GEOLOCATION TO IDENTIFY VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORKS | WANG, HARRIS C | — |
| 18637643 | DATA LABEL CREATION FROM REDUCED DATA LABELS FOR MODEL TRAINING | SPRATT, BEAU D | — |
Cases in front of an examiner whose interview lift is 10 percentage points or more — i.e. interviewed cases historically resolve more favorably than non-interviewed ones. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18826363 | ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION OF MULTI-FACTOR AUTHENTICATION SETTINGS | ROSEN, ELIZABETH H | 36d overdue |
| 18826360 | ELECTRONICALLY COMMUNICATING CONTACT INFORMATION AFTER AUTHORIZED INTERACTION | BUNKER, WILLIAM B | 9d |
| 19194872 | IDENTIFYING DEVICES ON NETWORKED COMPUTER SYSTEMS THAT ORIGINATE MALICIOUS NETWORK TRAFFIC | DILUZIO, NICHOLAS JOSEPH | — |
| 19169812 | USER AUTHENTICATION WITH BIOMETRIC DATA IN CONJUNCTION WITH AUTOFILL ASSISTANCE | LE, CANH | — |
| 19068820 | DEVICES, METHODS, COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA, AND SYSTEMS WITH AUTHORIZED FRAUD DETECTION | HAMILTON, SARA CHANDLER | — |
| 19023069 | ENHANCING DATA PRIVACY IN PARQUET DATA FILE SYSTEMS | SHECHTMAN, CHERYL MARIA | — |
| 18815823 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISPUTE RESOLUTION WITH CONFIDENCE RATINGS | KIRK, BRYAN J | — |
| 18776626 | GEOLOCATION TO IDENTIFY VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORKS | WANG, HARRIS C | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3693 | 2 |
| 3695 | 1 |
| 2164 | 1 |
| 3691 | 1 |
| 3628 | 1 |
| 2439 | 1 |
| 3696 | 1 |
| 2433 | 1 |
| 2444 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19194872 | IDENTIFYING DEVICES ON NETWORKED COMPUTER SYSTEMS THAT ORIGINATE MALICIOUS NETWORK TRAFFIC | DILUZIO, NICHOLAS JOSEPH | — | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 30, 2025 |
| 19169812 | USER AUTHENTICATION WITH BIOMETRIC DATA IN CONJUNCTION WITH AUTOFILL ASSISTANCE | LE, CANH | — | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 03, 2025 |
| 19068820 | DEVICES, METHODS, COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA, AND SYSTEMS WITH AUTHORIZED FRAUD DETECTION | HAMILTON, SARA CHANDLER | 3695 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 03, 2025 |
| 19023069 | ENHANCING DATA PRIVACY IN PARQUET DATA FILE SYSTEMS | SHECHTMAN, CHERYL MARIA | 2164 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 15, 2025 |
| 18826363 | ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION OF MULTI-FACTOR AUTHENTICATION SETTINGS | ROSEN, ELIZABETH H | 3693 | §101 | Final Rejection | 36d overdue | Pending | Sep 06, 2024 |
| 18826360 | ELECTRONICALLY COMMUNICATING CONTACT INFORMATION AFTER AUTHORIZED INTERACTION | BUNKER, WILLIAM B | 3691 | — | Final Rejection | 9d | Pending | Sep 06, 2024 |
| 18815823 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISPUTE RESOLUTION WITH CONFIDENCE RATINGS | KIRK, BRYAN J | 3628 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 26, 2024 |
| 18776626 | GEOLOCATION TO IDENTIFY VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORKS | WANG, HARRIS C | 2439 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 18, 2024 |
| 18762545 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA, AND DEVICES FOR AUTHENTICATING USERS | KASENGE, CHARLES R | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 02, 2024 |
| 18637643 | DATA LABEL CREATION FROM REDUCED DATA LABELS FOR MODEL TRAINING | SPRATT, BEAU D | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 17, 2024 |
| 18617994 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EVALUATING GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODELS | KAPOOR, DEVAN | — | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 27, 2024 |
| 18581076 | GENERATING A FRAUD RISK SCORE FOR A THIRD PARTY PROVIDER TRANSACTION | WEISBERGER, RICHARD C | 3693 | §101§102§103§112DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 19, 2024 |
| 18490023 | ARTIFICIAL-INTELLIGENCE-ENABLED INFORMATION SECURITY TECHNIQUES BASED ON USER METADATA | KANG, IRENE S | 3696 | §101 | Final Rejection | 28d overdue | Pending | Oct 19, 2023 |
| 18469314 | ANOMALY DETECTION BASED ON BEHAVIOR MODELING LEARNED FROM MONITORED COMPUTER ACTIVITIES | XIE, EDGAR WANGSHU | 2433 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 12d | Pending | Sep 18, 2023 |
| 18457516 | SERVERLESS CONTAINERIZATION OF COLLABORATION APPLICATIONS FOR AUTOMATIC INSTALLATION AND VERSION UPDATES | BENGZON, GREG C | 2444 | §103 | Final Rejection | 28d | Pending | Aug 29, 2023 |
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